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NATIONAL

- SO THERE WAS NO
MILLENNIUM
BUG IN AUSTRALIA.

SPIN did not brave the harbor city (Sydney) for the
millennium
celebrations. Not being a mainstream media personality,
invitations
to watch with Kerry & Rupert on harbor yachts were not forthcoming.

INTERNATIONAL

- PHILANDERER WILLIE'S
CHICKENS
ROOST

The final act of Bill's Serbian adventure
(reportedly
demanded as a peace offering by Hillary after Monica) may not yet be
played
out. First there was Chechnya, and now there is Putin.

Vlad (Vladimir) Putin was a very strong supporter of
the
recent Russian initiative into Chechnya, and this support is credited
with
his burgeoning popularity and recent landslide as prime minister.
He has gained widespread recognition for his efforts to maintain the
Soviet
strategic rocket arsenal. Putin is described by by Martin Sieff
(UPI)
as tough. Putin has stated that there is a Russian psyche
which
is more collectivist than civil libertarian.

He learned his craft in the KGB as a
protégé
of Yuri Andropov. Putin's policy is "talk softly and carry a big
stick".

Now, courtesy of the Serbian bombing and President
Yeltsin,
Prime Minister Putin may well become President of Russia. The
"balance
of powers" in Russia is weak. The President of Russia has far greater
power
than the President of the USA.

During the term of Reagan the
heat
of the cold war faded. During Clinton it is rising rapidly, with
an upside potential hazard far more serious than at any time since WWII.

Why is it that what those who
sound
most fair produce the most foul result?

Most people have an incident with a flaired
rogue.
We learn from experience.